Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: Is it safe to get a haircut, and other questions answered
May 8, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, answers listeners’ questions about their health during the coronavirus pandemic. Listen to the Q&A.
KSAT 12: Trust index: Do San Antonio hospitals have enough personal protective equipment?
May 7, 2020
UT Health San Antonio has clinics and labs across the city with its health care workers and researchers on the front line. They say they do not have a shortage and “are closely monitoring our PPE and are providing universal masking to our employees.” While the supply chain seems sufficient locally, all of these hospitals […]
KSAT 12: Your coronavirus questions answered
May 7, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, infectious diseases specialist and director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, answers coronavirus questions submitted by viewers. Dr. Berggren discusses restaurants, hair salons and gyms reopening, antibody testing, improvement of testing with increased capacity and more. Watch the interview.
KTSA: Dr. Thomas Patterson discusses clinical trial of new anti-viral drug for COVID-19 patients
May 7, 2020
Dr. Thomas Patterson, chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, was a guest on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Dr. Patterson discussed the new anti-viral drug, remdesivir, for the sickest COVID-19 patients. Dr. Patterson is leading a local study site in the clinical trial testing the drug, which just received emergency authorization from the FDA. He […]
KTSA: COVID-19 questions answered
May 7, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, an internal medicine doctor in the Department of General and Hospital Medicine, answered questions about COVID-19 on KTSA’s Jack Riccardi Show. Topics included low oxygen saturation, lung condition of COVID-19 survivors and antibody treatments. Listen below:
KENS 5 Medical Minute: Donating blood and COVID-19
May 7, 2020
Joshua Hanson, MD, MPH, associate dean for student affairs at UT Health San Antonio, explains why it’s important to donate blood now more than ever. Medical Minute is a collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and KENS 5.